XC92
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If tuning devices start going away because they allow users to bypass emissions on their race cars (which is what the EPA is arguing) then it will definitely affect the DSM world directly. Motec, AEM, and even smaller products like ECMlink will all be in the crosshairs of the EPA at some point unless the law is amended to make race cars exempt, thus preserving those manufacturers ability to sell those products to the race car crowd at the very least.
And that's what I was asking because I don't know how this works. Are we talking about cars that are fully capable of being driven on the street, but are not, because they haven't and wouldn't pass inspection, and thus transported to and from closed tracks and courses where they're exclusively raced, or are at least some of them actually driven to and from races?
If it's the former then obviously they have to categorized as only for racing and not to be drive on the street and different safety and emissions standards should be applied to them. But for the latter, they obviously have to be treated like regular, non-racing cars. If you drive do much as down the block, your car has to be as street legal and daily drivers.